Global Patent Index - EP 1351454 A1

EP 1351454 A1 20031008 - COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

Title (en)

COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

Title (de)

KOMMUNIKATIONSEINRICHTUNG UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE COMMUNICATION ET PROCEDE DE COMMUNICATION

Publication

EP 1351454 A1 20031008 (EN)

Application

EP 02729572 A 20020115

Priority

  • JP 0200181 W 20020115
  • JP 2001039208 A 20010112

Abstract (en)

Upon receiving a transmit request REQ1 from a client apparatus (1), the server 11 transmits a group address INF1 to the client apparatus (1). The server 11 transmits block X1, which is the first block among blocks X1 through X4 resulting from subdividing the requested information, to a network 10 by specifying the group address INF1. If the server 11 receives a transmit request REQ2 from a client apparatus (2) after transmitting block X1 to the client apparatus (1), the server 11 transmits a group address INF2 to the client apparatus (2). The server 11 transmits to the network 10 the second through the fourth blocks, X2 through X4, by specifying group addresses INF1 and INF2. Furthermore, after the server 11 has transmitted the fourth block, block X4, the server 11 proceeds to transmit to the network 10 the block X1 by specifying the group address INF1, and finishes the transmission process. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

H04L 12/56; G06F 13/00; H04N 7/173

IPC 8 full level

H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H04L 12/1868 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 7/17336 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/262 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/6375 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/845 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 02056549A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2002143499 A1 20021003; CA 2434245 A1 20020718; EP 1351454 A1 20031008; JP WO2002056549 A1 20040520; US 2004049367 A1 20040311; WO 02056549 A1 20020718

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 4482702 A 20020111; CA 2434245 A 20020115; EP 02729572 A 20020115; JP 0200181 W 20020115; JP 2002557085 A 20020115; US 46629803 A 20030711